Places quartzcity Wants to Go

Low tide reveals 8,000-year-old rock carvings in Southern Alaska.

The ghostly remains of what was once the world's richest copper mine.

A porcelain company's former dumping ground, completely covered in pieces of collectible ceramics.

This subterranean oyster house has been the pearl of Grand Central Station since 1913.

Grotto replete with mystical designs laid out in glued shell mosaics.

Native American burial mounds? Giant gopher dens? No one knows what created the Mima Mounds.

One of the highest mountain passes in Europe has been ranked among the best driving roads in the world.

Bootleggers ran booze beneath this building before (and after) Route 66 appeared beside it.

A spring-fed pool so deep it's used for scuba diving as well as swimming.

The century-old remains of an abandoned farm town in eastern Washington.

A memorial to the beloved brown bear that served in the Polish army during World War II.

A mountain range on an active U.S. Navy base hides thousands of mysterious prehistoric rock carvings.

A cablecar-station-turned-revolving restaurant with 360-degree views of the Swiss skyline.

Secret US military film studio in the Hollywood Hills.

A remote candy-striped mountain in the Peruvian Andes straight out of the pages of Dr. Seuss.

It's hard to believe the dizzying patterns covering this abandoned mine are completely natural.

A rare example of World War I trenches from the British front.

The bartenders at this crime-fighting theme cafe are actual private detectives by day.

A deserted hodgepodge of experimental structures designed by nearby university students.

The remote graves mark the mysterious deaths of four 19th century explorers.

The peaceful space is adorned by paintings by the famed abstract artist Mark Rothko.

Where Aleister Crowley attempted to seize the Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn in a mask and a kilt.

One lonely, modern pyramid has gone from corporate think tank to deserted boondoggle.

This massive geographical sculpture is so subtle, it's possible to pass by it without noticing.